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Shedeur Sanders threw two touchdowns in overtime to Michael Harrison as No. 18 Colorado recovered from an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit to post a 43-35 double-overtime victory over Colorado State on Saturday night in the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Boulder, Colo.
Trevor Woods’ interception in the end zone ended Colorado State’s last chance as the Buffaloes (3-0) remained unbeaten under first-year coach Deion Sanders. Shedeur Sanders completed 38 of 47 passes for 348 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Jimmy Horn Jr. and Xavier Weaver (nine receptions, 98 yards) also had scoring receptions and Shilo Sanders returned an interception for a touchdown.
Tory Horton set a Colorado State record with 16 receptions and had 133 yards and one score and also threw a touchdown pass to Dallin Holker for the Rams (0-2). Holker had six catches for 109 yards, including two scoring catches from Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, who completed 34 of 47 passes for 367 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Louis Brown IV had 10 receptions for 131 yards and a touchdown.
Colorado drove 98 yards on seven plays and moved within 28-26 on Shedeur Sanders’ 45-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Horn Jr. with 36 seconds left in regulation. Harrison then caught the ensuing two-point conversion pass to tie it.
No. 1 Georgia 24, South Carolina 14
Daijun Edwards ran for 118 yards and a touchdown, and the defense pitched a second-half shutout as the Bulldogs kept alive a pair of impressive streaks with a win over the Gamecocks in Athens, Ga.
Dillon Bell scored a go-ahead 3-yard rushing touchdown a little over seven minutes into the third, capping a Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) rally from a 14-3 halftime deficit. The win preserved Georgia’s 21-game home winning streak and 20-game streak overall, both the longest marks in the nation. Cash Jones rambled for a 13-yard touchdown run with 9:10 to play to give the Bulldogs their final winning margin.
South Carolina (1-2, 0-1) quarterback Spencer Rattler led two touchdown drives in the first half, finishing 22 of 42 for 256 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
No. 2 Michigan 31, Bowling Green 6
Blake Corum rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries and the second-ranked Wolverines endured a mistake-prone first half before beating the Falcons in Ann Arbor, Mich.
J.J. McCarthy went 8-for-13 passing for 143 yards for Michigan (3-0). He completed touchdown passes to Roman Wilson and Cornelius Johnson but also tossed three interceptions.
The Michigan defense held Bowling Green (1-2) to 203 total yards, tallying three sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Mike Sainristil had a sack and two tackles for loss for the Wolverines, who have allowed just 16 points through three games.
No. 3 Florida State 31, Boston College 29
Jordan Travis threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Seminoles held off a ferocious rally to edge the Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The Seminoles (3-0, 1-0 ACC) seemed to put the game out of reach when Travis threw a 4-yard touchdown to Preston Daniel and DJ Lundy found the end zone from the 1 within the first four minutes of the third quarter to take a 31-10 lead.
But the Eagles (1-2, 0-1) stormed back. Kye Robichaux rushed for a 1-yard TD with 1:02 left in the third and Khari Johnson recovered a fumble and returned it 8 yards for another score to make it 31-22 with 11:18 left in the game. Quarterback Thomas Castellanos later capped a nine-play, 95-yard drive with a 7-yard scoring scramble to pull Boston College within two, before FSU eventually got a stop on a third down and ran out the clock after a facemask penalty.
No. 4 Texas 31, Wyoming 10
Quinn Ewers passed for two touchdowns — including the game-winner to Xavier Worthy early in the fourth quarter — as the Longhorns produced a ragged performance but did enough to beat the Cowboys in a battle of undefeated teams in Austin, Texas.
Ewers finished with 131 yards through the air and ran for a 5-yard score as the Longhorns (3-0) struggled with execution. Jonathon Brooks ran for a career-best 164 yards on 21 carries, highlighted by a 61-yard jaunt to the Wyoming 5-yard line in the fourth quarter as Texas put some distance between itself and the feisty Cowboys.
Harrison Waylee ran for 110 yards and a score on 18 totes for Wyoming (2-1). Evan Svoboda, who started in place of regular first-team signal caller Andrew Peasley, hit on 17 of 28 throws for 136 yards and Thompson’s interception.
No. 6 Ohio State 63, Western Kentucky 10
Kyle McCord, in his first game as the permanent starter, threw three first-half touchdowns as the Buckeyes pulled away from the Hilltoppers (2-1) in Columbus, Ohio.
His 75-yard TD to Marvin Harrison Jr. helped ignite a 35-point second quarter for the Buckeyes (3-0).
McCord finished 19-for-23 for 318 yards in his fourth career start. He started one game in 2021 as a freshman when C.J. Stroud was injured.
No. 7 Penn State 30, Illinois 13
Alex Felkins connected on three field goals and the Nittany Lions’ defense hounded the Fighting Illini (1-2, 0-1 Big Ten) into five turnovers in Champaign, Ill.
A two-touchdown favorite, the Nittany Lions (3-0, 1-0) scored 13 points on the first three miscues by the home side, including a run by Kaytron Allen, and never trailed in the conference opener for both teams.
Sophomore quarterback Drew Allar was a modest 16 of 33 for 208 yards, but he did not turn the ball over in a game that was largely decided by Illinois mistakes, as the Nittany Lions scored 20 points off turnovers.
